I have been wanting to forge a small b&t blade for a while, so I got some shop time to forge out this little blade. Included a photo of the small carbon blank I used. Handle is Hawaiian koa with bronze pins and lanyard tube.
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Forged bird and trout knife
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Does it require stabilization? I'm not familiar with it?
You have some serious blade making skills.
Do you sell what you make or keep them
Yeah that's a good question?
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I do sell my knives. Most are sold when I post up photos of WIP on my FB page. Sorry I don’t have a web site. The FB page is Knives@OPBKnives. I also do my own leather work. Thanks!
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It really depends on each individual knife. But the individual steps are the same. This is a small knife so the time per step is reduced. I would estimate about 6-8 hours active bench time (including forging). Heat treating, cooling, tempering, glue up inactive time (wait time) about 30 hours. Of course that time can run concurrent with other shop time.